After reports of widespread flaws in hardware-based SSD encryption, Microsoft has pushed out an update that defaults BitLocker protection to software-based AES encryption.

How to force BitLocker’s Software encryption Microsoft says that while BitLocker relies on a drive’s hardware encryption by default, it is possible to force a drive to use BitLocker’s ...

Microsoft has released a tool to law enforcement that helps get around the encryption provided by the company’s own BitLocker software, distributed in Windows Vista. PC World has an extensive ...

Tom's Hardware has found that the default software-based BitLocker encryption (XTS-AES 128, where XTX stands for XEX Tweakable Block Cipher with Ciphertext Stealing and AES is Advanced Encryption ...

Encryption is an added level of security for you PC. Here are the pros and cons of Microsoft’s built-in encryption tool BitLocker.

Long story short: I found out that Bitlocker now acutally supports Preboot-Authentification with a long password without TPM or the need for a USB-Key and ended up using that + Softwareencryption.

Basically, I'm curious to know how much in battery life and/or other performance improvement is the move from software to hardware bitlocker. Any experiences? Thoughts? Longer version: Whole disk ...

A researcher disclosed a trivial Windows authentication bypass that puts data on BitLocker-encrypted laptops at risk.

If the drive doesn’t have hardware self-encryption (or you’re using Win7 or 8.1), BitLocker implements software encryption, which is less efficient, but still enforces password protection.

Do you use a USB flash drive, MicroSD card, or portable hard drive to keep backups of important files? Protect yourself by encrypting removable storage devices so your files can't be accessed if ...